ST.AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO

FACTS

• Born in Thagaste, November 13th in 354 A.D.
• Died August 28th, 430 A.D. in Hippo Regius
• He's was bishop of Hippo for 35 years
• Feast day: August 28th
• Patron of brewers

St. Augustine of Hippo is the patron of brewers because of his conversion from a former life of living, which included parties and entertainment

EARLY LIFE

• Her grew up in. Roth Africa with his mom, dad, and 2 siblings
• His mother St. Monica, raised Augustine in a Christian household
• When he grew up, he moved away to study the art of public speaking/law
• He then immersed himself in Manichaeism, then in scepticism, and then in Neo-Platonism

ST.AUGUSTINE

• Augustine finally became convinced that Christianity was the one true religion
• he picked up the book of the Letters of St. Paul, and read the first passage
• St. Paul says to put away all impurity and to live in imitation of Jesus
• From then on, St. Augustine started a new life

He was baptized, became a priest, a bishop, a famous Catholic writer, Founder of religious priests, and one of the greatest saints that ever lived.

WRITINGS

• St. Augustine is know mostly for confessions and City of God
• St. Augustine stands as a powerful advocate for orthodoxy and of the episcopacy

He is also know for his heresies, Against Faustus, the Manichean; On Baptism; Against the Donatists; and many attacks on Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism, On the Trinity; On Faith, Hope, and Love; On Christian Doctrine; and some early dialogues.

St. Augustine died for his people of Hippo because of the Barbarians attacking the land.

WORK CITED

• http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/augustine/
• http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bio/50.html